Being realistic, things do not look good
for Democrats in the U.S. Senate

Arvin, CA, 12-21-2017 Thursday: The past couple of days, we have
spent time handicapping what I, your host, think will happen in the 2018 Senate
Elections. Granted, things could turn on
a dime if the investigation into President Trump bears fruit but that is not
something upon which, I want to hang my daily happiness. I seriously doubt whether I could handle
another letdown akin to the one we felt on November 09, 2016. That was a disaster for the books, one that
almost sent me down the street to a crack dealer.

The thing going for the
Republicans in 2018 is that they have very few seats to defend whereas we Dems
have far too many and in this time of fake news (yes, I believe it exists),
growing political anger, far left activists causing problems, and people afraid
to say for whom they are REALLY going to vote, it is difficult to gauge
anything much less predict it with accuracy.

As I mentioned on
Tuesday, we could have a chance in Arizona as of now, Senator Jeff Flake still
plans to retire at the end of this term.
Arizona is a funny place much like New Mexico in that the Democrats are
making inroads but for some unknown reason, the people residing there, love
hanging onto their Republican senators.

I mean, look at John
McCain, that guy has been going downhill for a long time and every time a
conservative politician attempts to boot him out, McCain moves to the middle,
people vote for him again even though he NEVER keeps a campaign promise, and
there you go.

Still, one never knows so
I guess we can only hope. In
Mississippi, Roger Wicker is up for reelection and that man is going to win
hands down unless some far-right lunatic seeks to primary him and wear him
down, he should easily win reelection.
However, one never knows if Steve Bannon will go out and find another
Judge Roy Moore to primary the guy thereby allowing us to bring another victory
to an ‘acceptable Democrat.’

We cannot forget that the
Democrats once controlled the South although some say under malevolent
circumstances, but I believe if we back off the Climate Change issue and the
LGBTQ and transsexual rights such as using whatever bathroom they choose, we
could win a place like Mississippi.

In Nebraska, Deb Fischer
should easily win reelection as she is way up but in Nevada, we have a good
chance to unseat Dean Heller. That race
should be an easy pickup for the Democrat Party and I would pound away at
him. Nevada is a state that should be in
the Democrat camp, period.

In Tennessee, Bob Corker
is retiring, which should be good for us but numbers for Republicans there are
sky high and I am sure they will come up with someone far better to run for his
seat. I understand that Congresswoman
Marsha Blackburn is going to run for the Corker seat and I imagine that she
will easily win that race as everyone seems to love the tough old gal.

In Texas, Ted Cruz will win
reelection although we might be able to run someone strong against him and give
him a run for his money while in Utah, Orrin Hatch is running again, at least
as we speak, and he should win his race without a problem. People love the man just as they love John
Barrasso in Wyoming.

In conclusion, things do
not look all that good for our party in 2018 but in 2020, if we continue
hammering away at the illegitimacy of the Donald Trump presidency and other
evidence comes to light, we should be able to make him a one-term president
unless we do something stupid and run Kirsten Gillibrand or Elizabeth Warren
against him.

No, we need someone such
as Joe Biden, the former Vice President would have a HUGE chance at taking down
Donald Trump and relegating him to the laundry chute of history. See you tomorrow.

R. C. Davis

Roland Carl Davis

American Culinary
Federation, Inc., CWC

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I began my career working as a pot washer at the age of 10, move to
washing dishes in 1958, became a chef's apprentice in 1961 and have been a career
professional ever since. I am still
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professionals.

12-21-2017 Thursday—Political Topics
and Essays, Part MCCXCIX: “With fewer seats to
defend, the GOP should, I repeat SHOULD, win additional seats in the U.S.
Senate while losing maybe one or two at most whereas in 2020, we should CRUSH
them” by Chef Roland Carl Davis.

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A.1620: Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at
present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts.

B.1849: The first ice-skating club in America formed in Philadelphia on this
date.

C.1861: President Abraham Lincoln signed a
congressional act authorizing the Navy Medal of Honor.

D.1864: During the Civil War, Union forces led by Major
General William T. Sherman concluded their ‘March to the Sea,” which had
begun in Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of Savannah,
Georgia.

E.1879: The Henrik Ibsen play, “A Doll’s House”
premiered at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen.

I.1913: What most people regard as the first newspaper crossword puzzle
underwent publication in the New York
World. Created by journalist Arthur
Wynne, the newspaper billed it as a “Word-Cross Puzzle.”

K.1923: Nepal goes from being a British protectorate to being independent.

L.1937: Walt Disney’s first feature-length
animated cartoon, “Snow
White and the Seven Dwarves,” had its world premiere in Los Angeles, California.

M.1940: Future master musician and vocalist, Frank
Zappa, is born on this date.

N.1941: Last time the NFL used a drop kick
for an extra point (Ray McLean of the Chicago Bears).
The Bears won the NFL Championship.

O.1942: The U.S.Supreme Court, in Williams
v. North Carolina, ruled 6-2 that ALL states had to recognize divorces
granted in Nevada.

P.1944: The United States banned horseracing until after the end of World War
II on this date.

Q.1945: General George S. Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany,
of injuries from an auto accident.

R.1946: Carl Wilson—future lead guitarist of the Beach Boys—was born in
Southern California on this date.

S.1951: Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from major league baseball on this
date.

T.1954: Police find the wife of Dr. Sam Sheppard
murdered and the authorities accuse him of committing the crime.

U.1958: The French people elected Charles de Gaulle to a seven-year term as the
first president of the Fifth Republic of France. Meanwhile, Tom
Landry becomes the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, a job
he keeps until new owner Jerry Jones fires him in 1988.

V.1959: The citizens of Deerfield, Illinois, block the building of interracial
housing projects.

W.1962: The United States and Cuba come to an accord and the latter releases the
bulk of the POWS they captured during the ill-fated Bay
of Pigs invasion.

AA.1976: The Liberian -registered
tanker Argo Merchant broke apart near Nantucket Island, off Massachusetts,
almost a week after running aground, and spilling 7.5 million gallons of oil
into the North Atlantic.

CC.1988: 270 people died when a terrorist’s bomb exploded aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747
over Lockerbie, Scotland, sending
wreckage crashing to the ground.

DD.1991: The Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 Soviet socialistrepublics through the signing of a treaty and then
begins formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

EE.1997: Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions is
the third running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a single NFL season.

FF.2003: The federal government raised the
national threat level to orange, indicating an elevated risk of terrorist
attack (the Feds lowered it back to yellow on January 9, 2004). Meanwhile, more than 150 people lost their
lives in mudslides in the Philippines.

GG.2004: A suicide bombing at a mess hall tent near Mosul, Iraq, killed 22
people, including 14 U.S. service members and three American contractors.

HH.2008: Religious leaders held a multi-faith ceremony to mark the reopening of Mumbai, India’sOberoi Hotel
three weeks after Muslim militants went on a
bloody rampage there.

II.2012: Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting
session over the highly charged constitutional referendum. Elsewhere, Lee
Dorman, bassist of the psychedelic rock bands Iron
Butterfly and Captain Beyond dies.

JJ.2013: Author J.K. Rowling announces she is producing a play based
on the life of her character Harry
Potter; the play tells the
previously untold story of life before the boy wizard goes to Hogwarts; the play will premiere in London's West End within the next two years.

KK.2014: The final film in the “Lord of the Rings/the Hobbit” franchise, “The Battle of the Five
Armies,” grosses $90 million in the first five days of its release. Expectations had been around $75
million.

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1.07-25-2016 M: “Today is my First Blog Post for the AICP-END Blog and Politics is on
Tap throughout today and the Rest of the Week—we have to support Hillary
Clinton as electing Donald Trump would cause Mass Suicide” by Chef Roland Carl
Davis. Political Topics and
Essays, Part DCCCV

2.07-26-2016 T: “Thanks to the Rigged System of Super Delegates and the Collusion
between Hillary and Former DNC Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz, we could
see 4-8 Years of Donald Trump—are YOU prepared for that?” by Chef Roland Carl
Davis. Political Topics and
Essays, Part DCCCVI

3.07-27-2016 W: “Although the Democratic Party’s National Convention is
going along well, allow me to make Some Suggestions such as throwing out the
Palestinian Flag and bringing in More American Flags to make it go EVEN BETTER”
by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political
Topics and Essays, Part DCCCVII

4.07-28-2016 Th: “What with his ‘News Conference’ yesterday, Donald Trump
has proven to ALL Americans that he is a Dirty, Underhanded Cage Fighter who
will stop at Nothing to deny Hillary Clinton the White House in November” by
Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political
Topics and Essays, Part DCCCVIII

5.07-29-2016 F: “There is a Reason WHY Democrats have not discussed defeating ISIS in
Great Detail—we know it exists and will defeat it once we elect Hillary Clinton
and Tim Kaine to lead us in November!” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part DCCCIX

6.07-30-2016 S: “After suffering through EIGHT Years of George W. Bush,
how could we elect someone FAR WORSE than he to be the Next President of the
United States? Hillary Clinton is the
ONLY Logical Choice!” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part DCCCX

7.07-31-2016 Su: “If you do not believe in the Perils of Climate Change
then you should come spend a Summer Here in Kern County, California, where we
have more than 37-Plus Days of 100-Degrees or More” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part DCCCXI

8.01-30-2017 M: “While Hillary went down in Flames, Governor Jerry Brown
here in California intends to put up a Stout Resistance to the Looming Threat
on the Eastern Horizon emanating from the Trump Mob” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXII

9.01-31-2017 T: “The Leadership of the Democrat Party is the Entity that
let us down, not we, the Voters, who have stuck by them through Thick and Thin
and look at what it has gotten us--disaster” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part
CMLXXXIII

10.02-01-2017 W: “If MY Democrat Party does not
stop being the ‘Party of No,’ we run the Risk of being a Far-Left Fringe Party
for Generations to come; give Trump his Cabinet and he will fail” by Chef
Roland Carl Davis. Political
Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXIV

11.02-02-2017 Th: “Although a ‘Blue Dog
Democrat,’ I have SEVEN Legitimate and well-thought-out Reasons as to WHY
Donald Trump is Bad for our Country and keeping Muslims out is NOT one of them”
by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXV

12.02-03-2017 F: “RC Davis educates the Losers living
it up in Sacramento as to WHY the State will revert to Republican Control
unless they get their collective acts together and being making things right”
by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXVI

13.02-04-2017 S: “Unless we begin the arduous
process of expelling the odd and eccentric leadership of the Democrat Party,
our political views will continue to decline until we become little more than a
silly rump party” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXVII

15.02-06-2017 M: “We have some fun today by
reading the text of Ashley Judd’s ‘poem’ at the Women’s March in Washington,
D.C. on 01-21-2017 to which, I add some scintillating commentary—she hurts the
liberal cause” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXVIII

16.02-06-2017 M: “Even though I lost BIG MONEY
on the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, the one thing none of us can deny is
that the New England Patriots are the world champions and did an amazing thing”
by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Miscellaneous Articles Index, Part XLVII

17.02-07-2017 T: “Democrats can choose to be
like the Atlanta Falcons or the New England Patriots—blow our wad early or
suffer through the worst of it and then come back to score a MASSIVE victory
over Donald Trump” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part CMLXXXIX

18.02-08-2017 W: “The Democrat Party must launch
a ‘Night of the Long Knives’ by going after and imprisoning or deporting the
Frankenstein Monster OUR Party created with which to do battle with President
Trump” by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Political Topics and Essays, Part CMXC

19.02-09-2017 Th: “Looking ahead to the Senate
Contests of 2018, things simply do not look very bright for the Democrat Party
unless we are able to find some way to obliterate the Anarchists George Soros
finances” by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Political Topics and Essays, Part CMXCI

20.02-10-2017 F: “My Party needs to wake the
hell up—there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to protect the American People,
keep Muslims out of the Country until we know what the hell is going on!” by
Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political
Topics and Essays, Part CMXCII

21.02-11-2017 S: “The World of Professional
Foodservice no longer is the Same because Culinary Academies churn out Massive
Numbers of Dimwits who think they are ‘all the rage’” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Foodservice Career Notes, Part XV

27.07-28-2017 F: “Democrats must seek full-employment for ALL American citizens as it
will revive our party as well as help the country we all claim to love” by Chef
Roland Carl Davis. Political
Topics and Essays, Part MCLVII

29.07-30-2017 Su: “Adding an additional 90-cents or so to the gallon of gas
here in California is going to be among the quickest ways to flip this state
from dependable BLUE to unreliable RED” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Political Topics and Essays, Part MCLIX

32.12-20-2017 W: “States such as California and New York could see changes heretofore
unthought of because of high taxes, increasing fees, property taxes, fuel
taxes, you name it, it could flip them from blue to red” by Chef Roland Carl
Davis. Political Topics and
Essays, Part MCCXCVIII

34.12-22-2017 F: “The GOP must defend EIGHT Congressional seats here in California
whereas we have only one at risk in next year’s House elections, which means we
could very well regain control of the House of Representatives” by Chef Roland
Carl Davis. Political Topics and
Essays, Part MCCC

35.12-23-2017 S: “Democrats at the national level will do very well in next year’s
elections, but here in California, thanks to Sacramento Democrats’
over-taxation of the people, they are going to flip our state from BLUE to RED”
by Chef Roland Carl Davis.
Political Topics and Essays, Part MCCCI

1.07-27-2016 W: “One of the True Sorrows of my Life is that I never came to know
Beverly Carrick as well as have some of my Co-Bloggers here at the AICP-END,
Something I very much wish I had—her Paintings are MARVELOUS!” by Chef Roland
Carl Davis. Beverly Carrick
Paintings Start-to-Finish, Part CVII

3.02-08-2017 W: “Oil Paints are a blend of devious spiritual ingredients that draw in
the soul through the eyes of the viewer and believe me, Beverly Carrick was a
master of this form of painting” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Beverly Carrick Paintings Start-to-Finish,
Part CXXXV

5.12-20-2017 W: “In the world of art, God is either with you or He is not; in the case
of Beverly Carrick (and me), God has deeply involved Himself during her life as
well as mine” by Chef Roland Carl Davis. Beverly Carrick Paintings Start-to-Finish,
Part CLXXX